25th February 2016: with Tav Taviner, Tom Chapman, Keith Savory, Paul Brock and Duncan Price.
A strong team tonight concentrated on the clearance of spoil and precariously balanced boulders from various points along the rift. While the others were hauling out skip loads of debris I hammered away at some fractured rock before getting another skip and clearing the debris accumulated at the top of the next climb down. When the debris was cleared I climbed down the rift, tidied away some loose rock at the bottom and slid over a mud bank to reach the furthest point attained 20 odd years ago by Tom and Keith when they were lithe and keen young things! Straight ahead along the rift progress is barred by substantial flowstone but down to the right is a low muddy slot that with some engineering offers a potential way on, I could hear a trickle of water that might indicate more open passage ahead. Worked out a strategy for progressing next session and by then it was time to exit the cave. As usual a debrief at the Hunter’s Lodge Inn.
